Jitter a Git-based binary manager for Linux written in Nim

A git-based binary manager for Linux written in Nim.

How it works

Jitter searches through GitHub for releases with .tar.gz, .tgz, .zip or .AppImage assets. Unlike Homebrew or similar package managers, jitter does not require a brewfile or nixfile in order to recognize the project.

Installing

Using the install.sh script (recommended):

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sharpcdf/jitter/main/install.sh | bash

Through nimble:

nimble install https://github.com/sharpcdf/jitter

Notes

• At the moment, jitter is being developed and you need at least version 0.3.0 to use the install script. Previous releases relied on an installer called Mug
• You may encounter bugs as this project is still in development, please create an issue if you encounter anything wrong with jitter 🙂

Building

Clone the repository and run nimble build.
(You need to have nim and nimble installed).

git clone https://github.com/sharpcdf/jitter
cd jitter
nimble build

Usage

$ jtr
A git-based binary manager for linux.

Usage:
   [options] COMMAND

Commands:

  install          Installs the binaries of the given repository, if avaliable.                         [gh:][user/]repo[@tag]
  update           Updates the specified binaries, or all binaries if none are specified.               user/repo[@tag]
  remove           Removes the specified binaries from your system.                                     user/repo[@tag]
  search           Searches for binaries that match the given repositories, returning them if found.    [user/]repo
  list             Lists all executables downloaded.
  catalog          Lists all installed packages.

Options:
  -h, --help
  -v, --version

Example Usage

1. jtr install gh:VSCodium/vscodium – installs repository VSCodium/vscodium from github.
2. jtr install vscodium – searches for all repositories that have the name vscodium, and then installs the chosen one
3. jtr search vscodium – searches and lists all repositories that have vscodium in their name.
4. jtr search VSCodium/vscodium – searches and lists all release tags of repository VSCodium/vscodium
5. jtr list – lists all executables in jitter’s bin.
6. jtr catalog – lists all downloaded repositories
7. jtr remove VSCodium/vscodium – removes VSCodium/vscodium from your system
8. jtr install VSCodium/[email protected] – installs VSCodium/vscodium release with the tag 1.69.0
9. jtr update VSCodium/vscodium – updates vscodium to the latest version
10. jtr update (this|jitter|jtr) – updates jitter to the latest release
11. jtr update all – updates all installed packages

Note: repositories are case insensitive, and all AppImage file names are converted to the name of the repository. jtr install VSCodium/vscodium is equivalent to jtr install vscodium/vscodium.